but it's not enough in aleppo rebel forces have been trying to take the city for more than a year. we are holding the line with fighters until they ammunition explained the man on the front line. they means countries like can you tar financing rebel forces and weapons. so far the united states has refused to armed the rebels. a position criticized in an op ed by senators mccain, gram and lieberman. if we remain on the current course, future historians are likely to record the slaughter of innocent syrians as a shameful failure of u.s. leadership and one of the darker chapters in our history they wrote. >> arming the rebels is the easy part. it's almost impossible to track where those weapons go and with an increase in the number of al qaeda loyalists joining the fight. many warn it's too risky of a proposition. even a peace envoy to syria warns the country could end up like somalia, except this time it's a failed state with chemical weapons up for grabs. bret? >> bret: leland vittert. update how the fiscal cliff wall street as we near the 11th hour. and again a look at the ohio clo